If Ты watch the video, at around 1:30, she says she's neutral about SE and DE but that she thinks DE "have a cool little vibe"!!!

"[S]eason three is gonna be about exploring what it means to her, what it means to Damon, and certainly what it means to the Damon-Elena-Stefan relationship," сказал(-а) Plec...

analysis of some key moments in the finale for DE.

where Elena, for the first time, gets to say a proper goodbye to someone she loves who is dying. Everyone else she’s Остаться в живых has gone quickly and suddenly, giving her no opportunity for real closure. . . .

She kissed him because she wanted to. It wasn’t meant to be sexual. It was meant to be sweet and comforting and to Показать that she has these feelings for him. It was a goodbye Kiss to be sure but there was absolutely nothing pitiful about it.